Journals

Paranormal Journals

Below is a sample of the types of academic journals that contain articles pertaining to paranormal phenomena and parapsychological experiences. The list is diverse and does suggest broad academic interest in the realms beyond the physical. It may also point to how the paranormal is regarded within academia.

Advanced Development

Harrison, C. (2000). Out of the Mouths of Babes: Spiritual Awareness and the Young Gifted Child. Advanced Development, 9, 31-43

Bainbridge, W. S. (2004). After the New Age. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 43, 391-394

Hay, D., & Morisy, A. (1978). Reports of Ecstatic, Paranormal, or Religious Experience in Great Britain and the United States – A Comparison of Trends. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 17(3), 255-268

Rice, T. W. (2003). Believe It or Not: Religious and Other Paranormal Beliefs in the United States. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 42(1), 95-106

Irwin, H. (1985). A Study of the Measurement and Correlates of Paranormal Belief. Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 79(3), 301-326

Irwin, H. (1988). Parapsychology in Australia. Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 82, 319-338

Irwin, H. (1991). A Study of Paranormal Belief, Psychological Adjustment and Fantasy Proneness. Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 85(4), 317-331

Kennedy, J. E. (2000). Do People Guide Psi or Does Psi Guide People? Evidence and Implications from Life and Lab. The Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 94, 130-150

Kennedy, J. E., & Kanthamani, H. (1995). An Exploratory Study of the Effects of Paranormal and Spiritual Experiences on Peoples’ Lives and Well-Being. The Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 89 (July), 249-264

Kohr, R. L. (1980). A Survey of Psi Experiences Among Members of a Special Population. The Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 74(Oct), 395-411

Milton, J. (1992). Effects of ‘Paranormal’ Experiences on People’s Lives: An Unusual Survey of Spontaneous Cases. Journal of the Society for American Psychical Research, 58(828), 314-323

Journal of the Society for Psychical Research

Clarke, D. (1991). Belief in the Paranormal: A New Zealand Survey. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 57(823), 412-425

Banzinger, G. (1983). Normalizing the Paranormal: Short-term and Long-term Change in Belief in the Paranormal among Older Learners During a Short Course. Teaching of Psychology, 10(4), 212-214

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Stevenson, I. (1977). Research into the Evidence of Man’s Survival After Death: A Historical and Critical Survey with a Summary of Recent Developments. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 165(3), 152-170

Stevenson, I. (1983). American Children Who Claim to Remember Previous Lives. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 171(12), 742-748